Today is the 10th birthday of the Risc PC computer which was announced on 16th April 1994 by Acorn Computers. The Risc PC marked an epoch in the computing world, providing a fast machine with the ultimate in expansion capabilities.Risc PCs were the flagship machine of the Acorn world until late 2002, and had many different upgrades that contributed to their longevity such as the StrongARM and Kinetic upgrades, and the viewfinder graphics card.

anyone know where i can get the flap etched with "10th anniversary" like the one in the picture ? in another ten years i'll get the second slice's flap etched with "20th anniversary" too - if the company is still going... i know the computer will be. thanks.

Message #111072, posted by gazza_fp at 12:56, 27/8/2009, in reply to message #111070

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And do you think the VPOD was a worthwhile upgrade?

Tough question. Can I justify it in purely economic and rational terms? Probably not (actually make that definitely not). However, it does make me more inclined to use Techwriter, Artworks, Photodesk and Riscript more (I'm a Maths teacher and most of the textbooks I use have pdf versions) as the extra screen space is a real benefit.

Now there are 16GB-plus CF cards, I'm starting to get interested in a similar upgrade; what did you have to do, and where did you get the parts?

Simple, really: bought a basic cheap'n'nasty IDE <-> CF adapter from eBay for a couple of quid, and used an old CF I had lying around. Format it with !HForm and bingo, the RPC is finally running quiet after all these years! I can give you a walkthrough if needed.

Quick google: 32GB under 50 pounds, 48GB about 200 pounds.

Crikey. What on earth could you possibly have that needs so much space on a RiscPC? I managed to fill the 1GB, but only just - and that was centralising the content from three old RPC hard drives that were lying around I certainly don't see the need for anything over 4GB. Maybe you just have a lot of files.

Now there are 16GB-plus CF cards, I'm starting to get interested in a similar upgrade; what did you have to do, and where did you get the parts?

Simple, really: bought a basic cheap'n'nasty IDE <-> CF adapter from eBay for a couple of quid, and used an old CF I had lying around. Format it with !HForm and bingo, the RPC is finally running quiet after all these years! I can give you a walkthrough if needed.

That's interesting. I tried that a few months back and couldn't get the CF card to format in !HForm. Can't remember the error, but it was something silly and I couldn't work out what was wrong so gave up for now.

Message #111077, posted by flibble at 17:34, 27/8/2009, in reply to message #111076

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Simple, really: bought a basic cheap'n'nasty IDE <-> CF adapter from eBay for a couple of quid, and used an old CF I had lying around. Format it with !HForm and bingo, the RPC is finally running quiet after all these years! I can give you a walkthrough if needed.

That's interesting. I tried that a few months back and couldn't get the CF card to format in !HForm. Can't remember the error, but it was something silly and I couldn't work out what was wrong so gave up for now.

You're doing something wrong I used the same method on my A7000, cheap ebay IDE to CF and hform, hform even correctly works out the numbers of sectors/heads/cyclinders as the adapter is returning them.

Simple, really: bought a basic cheap'n'nasty IDE <-> CF adapter from eBay for a couple of quid, and used an old CF I had lying around. Format it with !HForm and bingo, the RPC is finally running quiet after all these years! I can give you a walkthrough if needed.

That's interesting. I tried that a few months back and couldn't get the CF card to format in !HForm. Can't remember the error, but it was something silly and I couldn't work out what was wrong so gave up for now.

I'll have to dig out the stuff and have another go. I can't remember what the problem was, but !HForm kept giving some silly error.

Andy.

You're doing something wrong I used the same method on my A7000, cheap ebay IDE to CF and hform, hform even correctly works out the numbers of sectors/heads/cyclinders as the adapter is returning them.

Simple, really: bought a basic cheap'n'nasty IDE <-> CF adapter from eBay for a couple of quid, and used an old CF I had lying around. Format it with !HForm and bingo, the RPC is finally running quiet after all these years! I can give you a walkthrough if needed.

That's interesting. I tried that a few months back and couldn't get the CF card to format in !HForm. Can't remember the error, but it was something silly and I couldn't work out what was wrong so gave up for now.

I'll have to dig out the stuff and have another go. I can't remember what the problem was, but !HForm kept giving some silly error.

Andy.

You're doing something wrong I used the same method on my A7000, cheap ebay IDE to CF and hform, hform even correctly works out the numbers of sectors/heads/cyclinders as the adapter is returning them.

Message #111082, posted by Stoppers at 18:26, 28/8/2009, in reply to message #111074

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Quick google: 32GB under 50 pounds, 48GB about 200 pounds.

Crikey. What on earth could you possibly have that needs so much space on a RiscPC? I managed to fill the 1GB, but only just - and that was centralising the content from three old RPC hard drives that were lying around I certainly don't see the need for anything over 4GB. Maybe you just have a lot of files.

I do have a lot of files. I tend not to delete things (aka tidy up) often, either.

I've got a 15GB drive with 500MB free, plus another one for Linux, so 32GB should be plenty for the forseeable future.

Is there an app that works like "du" on unix for RISC OS? Maybe I'll find some nice surprises!